Release Notes

Solution: This is a known issue and there is no functionality loss. You can select the NVMe
PCIs device that is listed as an XS device to configure the controller as passthrough.
Unable to write vmkernel coredump to local LUN when
PSOD occurs
Description: During heavy load on storage subsystem if PSOD occurs ESXi unable to write
coredump to the local LUN and results with the error message bad header
error message.
Applies to: ESXi 5.x
Solution: Ensure that a network share is configured to coredump.
Unable to turn on Windows virtual machine when PCIe
SSD is directly connected as a passthrough device
Description: Unable to turn on Microsoft Windows virtual machines such as Microsoft Windows
2008 R2 SP1, Microsoft Windows 2012 or Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 when PCIe
SSDs such as NVMe is directly connected as a passthrough device.
Applies to: ESXi 5.x
Solution: This is a known limitation of Microsoft Windows guest operating systems with
respect to MSI-X vectors. The maximum number of virtual machines that Windows
can support is 31. You can perform the workaorund of manually setting the MSI-X
vectors to 31. For more information refer to the VMware Knowledge Base article
2032981.
ESXi 5.x host does not function and results in Purple
Screen of Death (PSOD), when NPAR is enabled
Description: For Dell's 13th generation of PowerEdge systems, when NPAR is enabled on
Emulex network devices and VLAN is configured, the ESXi host does not function
and results in Purple Screen of Death (PSOD).
Applies to: ESXi 5.x
Solution: Disable NPAR or OS2BMC or VLAN configuration.
The PCI passthrough section on VMware vCenter server
does not display NVMe PCIe SSD
Description: The PCI passthrough section on VMware vCenter server does not display NVMe
PCIe SSD such as Samsung NVMe devices to make it available for virtual machines.
Applies to: ESXi 5.x
Solution: Manually set the device for PCI passthrough:
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